Chords for Lazy Bones by Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Carmichael

Tempo:
109.35 bpm
Chords used:

Bb

Eb

F

Cm

C

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Lazy Bones by Johnny Mercer & Hoagy Carmichael chords
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[Bb] [G] [Eb] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb] [F]
[Bb] [Eb] [Gm]
[D] [Gb] [Gm] [Cm]
[F] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb] [Eb] [Bb] Long [F] as [Eb] there's chicken gravy [Gb] on your [Cm] rice, [Gb]
[F] everything [Bb] is nice.
[F]
[Bb] Long as [Eb] there's a [Gb] watermelon on the vine, [F]
[Gb] [F] everything is [Bb] fine.
[Eb] [Bb]
[G] Ain't got no time to work, ain't got no time to play.
[C] You're busy doing nothing all the rest of the [F] day.
[Bb] You ain't [Eb] gonna change no matter [Gb] what I say.
[F] That's [Cm] right baby, you're just [F] made that [Bb] way.
You know what you [F] are?
[Bb] You're a lazy [Eb] bone [Bb]
sleeping [Eb] in the sun.
[Bb] How you [Eb] gonna [F] get [Bb] your days work done?
[Cm] Never get your days work done.
[C] Sleeping [F] in the noon day [Bb] sun.
[F] You know what?
[Bb] You're a [Eb] lazy bone [Bb] [Eb] frying in the shade.
[Bb] How you [Eb] gonna [F] get [Bb] your cornmeal made?
[Am] [Ab] Never [G] get your [C] cornmeal [Eb] made.
[C] Sleeping [F] in the [Bb] evening shade.
[Eb] When taters [Cm] need spraying, [Eb] I bet you keep praying
[Bb] the bugs [C]
[F] fall off [Bb] of the vine.
[Eb] And when [Db] you go fishing, [C] I bet you [F] keep wishing
[Cm] the [D] fish [Eb] won't [E] bite at [F] the [Gm] line.
[F] That's fine.
[Bb] You know you're a [Bbm] lazy bone [Bb] [Bbm] even in the shade.
[Bb] How you [Eb] expect [F] to get [Bb] your cornmeal [C] made?
[B] Never [Ab] get [Dm] your cornmeal made.
[G] Now look [Cm] here.
Never heard a [F] word [Bb] I say.
[F] [Bb] [Eb]
[Bb] [Eb] [Bb] [Eb]
[G] [Bb] [Dm] [Ab] [C]
[Cm] [F]
[Bb] [Eb] When taters [Cm] need [Eb] spraying, I bet you [Cm] keep [Db] praying
[F] the bugs just [Bb] drop off the vine.
[Eb] Now when you [Db] go fishing, [C] I bet [F] you keep [C] wishing
the fish [Eb] won't [F] bite at [G] the line.
[Abm] That's [A] fine.
You're a [Bb] [Eb] lazy [Bb] bone loafing through the [Bbm] day.
[Bb] How you [Eb] expect to [F] make a [Bb] dime that [D] way?
You will [Db] never [Cm] make a dime that way.
Now look here.
You never heard [F] a word I say.
[Bb]
Key:  
Bb
12341111
Eb
12341116
F
134211111
Cm
13421113
C
3211
Bb
12341111
Eb
12341116
F
134211111
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[Bb] _ _ [G] _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Gm] _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [Gm] _ [Cm] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] Long [F] as [Eb] there's chicken gravy [Gb] on your [Cm] rice, _ _ [Gb] _
[F] everything [Bb] is nice.
[F] _ _ _
[Bb] Long as [Eb] there's a [Gb] watermelon on the vine, [F] _
_ [Gb] _ [F] everything is [Bb] fine.
[Eb] _ [Bb] _
[G] Ain't got no time to work, ain't got no time to play.
[C] You're busy doing nothing all the rest of the [F] day.
_ [Bb] You ain't [Eb] gonna change no matter [Gb] what I say.
[F] That's [Cm] right baby, you're just [F] made that [Bb] way.
You know what you [F] are?
[Bb] You're a lazy [Eb] bone [Bb]
sleeping [Eb] in the sun.
[Bb] How you [Eb] gonna [F] get [Bb] your days work done?
[Cm] Never get your days work done.
_ _ _ [C] Sleeping [F] in the noon day [Bb] sun.
[F] You know what?
[Bb] You're a [Eb] lazy bone [Bb] _ [Eb] frying in the shade.
[Bb] How you [Eb] gonna [F] get [Bb] your cornmeal made?
[Am] [Ab] Never [G] get your [C] cornmeal [Eb] made.
_ [C] _ Sleeping [F] in the [Bb] evening shade.
_ [Eb] When taters [Cm] need spraying, [Eb] I bet you keep praying
[Bb] the bugs [C]
[F] fall off [Bb] of the vine.
_ [Eb] And when [Db] you go fishing, [C] I bet you [F] keep wishing
[Cm] the [D] fish [Eb] won't [E] bite at [F] the [Gm] line.
[F] That's fine.
[Bb] You know you're a [Bbm] lazy bone [Bb] _ [Bbm] even in the shade.
[Bb] How you [Eb] expect [F] to get [Bb] your cornmeal [C] made?
[B] Never [Ab] get [Dm] your cornmeal made.
[G] Now look [Cm] here.
_ Never heard a [F] word [Bb] I say.
_ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _
[G] _ [Bb] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] _
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] When taters [Cm] need [Eb] spraying, I bet you [Cm] keep [Db] praying
[F] the bugs just [Bb] drop off the vine.
[Eb] Now when you [Db] go fishing, [C] I bet [F] you keep [C] wishing
the fish [Eb] won't [F] bite at [G] the line.
[Abm] That's [A] fine.
You're a [Bb] _ [Eb] lazy [Bb] bone loafing through the [Bbm] day.
[Bb] How you [Eb] expect to [F] make a [Bb] dime that [D] way?
You will [Db] never [Cm] make a dime that way.
Now look here.
You never heard [F] a word I say.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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